Subject-Matter Jurisdiction; UCCJEA; Due Process; Termination of Parental Rights

TPR; willful abandonment; jurisdiction; best interest

Custodian Verification; Termination of Court Jurisdiction; Constitutional Right to Parent.

Adjudication; Dependency; Findings of Fact

TPR; best interest determination

Termination of parental rights; Subject matter jurisdiction.

Termination of Parental Rights, Neglect, Likelihood of future neglect

Permanency Planning Order, Guardianship, Findings of Fact, ?abuse, neglect, and dependency?

willful abandonment, NCGS 7B-1111(a)(7); failure to make efforts to locate children; findings of fact to support abuse; unchallenged findings of fact.

Rule 17 GAL; Civil Rights Act of 1964; Abused and Neglected Juveniles; N.C.G.S. Sec. 7B-901(c)

termination of parental rights, ineffective assistance of counsel, attorney withdrawal

required findings to cease reunification efforts; custody with adult sibling; required findings of fact to award permanent custody; conclusions unsupported by findings of fact; NCGS 7B-906.1 and 906.2

Permanency Planning Orders; Child Custody; Visitation; Cessation of Reunification Efforts

Grounds for terminating parental rights; insufficient findings of fact; Incarceration is improper as the sole ground for termination

Permanency Planning Order; Ceasing Reunification Efforts; Required Findings of Fact

Delegation of fact-finding duty; findings of fact regarding fitness of a natural parent; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 7B-906.1 and 906.2

willful failure to pay, reasonable portion of cost of care, termination of parental rights

Subject matter jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-401(b); Article 8 of the Juvenile Code; whether DSS was required to file a petition where trial court retains jurisdiction and discontinues periodic judicial reviews

Motion to dismiss; Failure to exhaust administrative remedies; FMLA

Medical Negligence of Hospital - No Evidence of Standard of Care